IALC agent fam trips: seven destinations and a meeting with the London Mayor!

IALC agent fam trips: seven destinations and a meeting with the London Mayor!

25 April 2016

51 agents from 26 countries took seven fam trips in the UK and Ireland after IALC2016 in Leeds & York, getting to know some wonderful IALC schools and study locations, and in one case, meeting a famous UK politician!

Fam-trip 1 visited CES in 18th century spa town Harrogate, English in Chester in historical Chester and LILA in trendy Liverpool. "The north of England is accessible from France and good value," commented Yohan Duchatelle from Idealangues in France. "In fact it's an attractive destination for a successful language course."

Fam-trip 2 visited CES in Scottish capital Edinburgh and included a "Grand Scotland tour" to a loch and castle. "The Fam Trip was great, and the school does look amazing," said Maria Castro Blazquez from Linguland in Germany and Spain.

"IALC fam tour to Ireland was such great trip to discover high quality English schools everywhere in Ireland," said Ayman Abdelhafez from Sindibad in Saudi Arabia. "From Dublin, to Bray, to Galway, to Cork! It's easy to fall in love with Ireland. Irish food, Irish music, and Irish people are wonderful! Many of our students have chosen Ireland upon recommendation of our counselors to study English, and they ended up with extending their course. Those students also recommended Ireland for their friends and relatives."

According to the IALC 2015 Study Travel Research Report, fam-trips are the second most popular way that agents establish a school partnership (after workshops). Seeing the school and location first hand and meeting the staff who look after students inspires even more trust.

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